Add ansible payload draft

ansible/ansible.cfg

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [defaults]
-remote_tmp     = /tmp/.ansible-${USER}/tmp
+deprecation_warnings = False
+remote_tmp           = /tmp/.ansible-${USER}/tmp

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/playbook.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+- hosts: 127.0.0.1
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: false
+  # become: true
+  roles:
+    - vapp
+    - network

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/vapp/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+- name: Store current vApp configuration
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestinfo.ovfEnv"
+  register: ovfEnv
+- name: Parse XML into variables
+  community.general.xml:
+    xmlstring: "{{ ovfEnv }}"
+    namespaces:
+      oe: http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/environment/1
+    xpath: /Environment/PropertySection/Property
+    content: oe:key
+
+
+# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+# <Environment
+#      xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/environment/1"
+#      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+#      xmlns:oe="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/environment/1"
+#      xmlns:ve="http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovfenv"
+#      oe:id=""
+#      ve:vCenterId="vm-1171">
+#    <PlatformSection>
+#       <Kind>VMware ESXi</Kind>
+#       <Version>7.0.1</Version>
+#       <Vendor>VMware, Inc.</Vendor>
+#       <Locale>en</Locale>
+#    </PlatformSection>
+#    <PropertySection>
+#          <Property oe:key="deployment.type" oe:value="ubuntu-small"/>
+#          <Property oe:key="guestinfo.dnsserver" oe:value="1.1.1.1"/>
+#          <Property oe:key="guestinfo.gateway" oe:value="10.0.0.1"/>
+#          <Property oe:key="guestinfo.hostname" oe:value="SRV01"/>
+#          <Property oe:key="guestinfo.ipaddress" oe:value="10.0.0.84"/>
+#          <Property oe:key="guestinfo.ntpserver" oe:value="0.pool.ntp.org,1.pool.ntp.org,2.pool.ntp.org"/>
+#          <Property oe:key="guestinfo.prefixlength" oe:value="24"/>
+#          <Property oe:key="guestinfo.rootpw" oe:value=""/>
+#    </PropertySection>
+#    <ve:EthernetAdapterSection>
+#       <ve:Adapter ve:mac="00:50:56:8a:09:08" ve:network="Staging" ve:unitNumber="7"/>
+#    </ve:EthernetAdapterSection>
+# </Environment>

ansible/roles/firstboot/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-- name: Copy firstboot script file
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: firstboot.sh
-    dest: /opt/firstboot.sh
+- name: Create firstboot script file
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: firstboot.j2
+    dest: /opt/firstboot/firstboot.sh
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: o+x
@@ -9,4 +9,14 @@
   ansible.builtin.cron:
     name: "firstboot"
     special_time: reboot
-    job: "/opt/firstboot.sh"
+    job: "/opt/firstboot/firstboot.sh"
+- name: Copy payload folder
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: ansible_payload/
+    dest: /opt/firstboot/ansible/
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0644'
+- name: Install ansible-galaxy collection
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

packer/preseed/UbuntuServer20.04/user-data

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #cloud-config
 autoinstall:
   version: 1
-  # early-commands:
-  #   # Block inbound SSH to stop Packer trying to connect during initial install
-  #   - iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j DROP
   locale: en_US
   keyboard:
     layout: en
@@ -24,8 +21,6 @@ autoinstall:
   ssh:
     install-server: yes
     allow-pw: true
-#    authorized-keys:
-#      - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCi9eAu6KBaShdcL4pxi6/sJp+IS6nCKexcjQdwFLxg+EoiT2MTAnMsjnfi570het+VV+iOigcZLuRwEcAPh6rSQOtpikmpV6WFjzToWq9aUxDrxWsp/iEPHp+sbjrlsdnGvLGY9XhmPs9s5I8xFQbwF6ilhMIQm+RxtGJJuPUWaF+uXo+3CB91A6bK/rjs97iAjrPZRs0vo5hJGqrIGFi3WP9hf8hF9oWz2BiLRYBib3il6lsAl4Ca0sI//gNM0Ztj4gB7qv1+uPz157bk0IZoN285/72l/rUZVSPIwO+QFZFK07FsyVrpAgMlHk65BiSAO4DtolZEArfXRE1g1DH/ mail@example.com
   user-data:
     disable_root: false
   late-commands:

packer/ubuntuserver20.04.pkr.hcl

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ build {
       " -ManifestFileName '/scratch/ubuntuserver/${var.vm_guestos}-${var.vm_name}.mf'",
       "ovftool --acceptAllEulas --allowExtraConfig --overwrite \\",
       " '/scratch/ubuntuserver/${var.vm_guestos}-${var.vm_name}.ovf' \\",
-      " /output/UbuntuServer20.04.ova"
+      " /output/Ubuntu-Server-20.04.ova"
     ]
   }
 }

scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.yml

@@ -1,30 +1,26 @@
 DeploymentConfigurations:
-- Id: ubuntu-small
-  Label: 'Ubuntu Server 20.04 [SMALL]'
-  Description: |
-    Ubuntu Server 20.04
-    1 vCPU/2GB RAM
+- Id: small
+  Label: 'Ubuntu Server 20.04 [SMALL: 1 vCPU/2GB RAM]'
+  Description: Ubuntu Server 20.04.x
   Size:
     CPU: 1
     Memory: 2048
-- Id: ubuntu-large
-  Label: 'Ubuntu Server 20.04 [LARGE]'
-  Description: |
-    Ubuntu Server 20.04
-    4 vCPU/8GB RAM
+- Id: large
+  Label: 'Ubuntu Server 20.04 [LARGE: 4 vCPU/8GB RAM]'
+  Description: Ubuntu Server 20.04.x
   Size:
     CPU: 4
     Memory: 8192
 DynamicDisks: []
 PropertyCategories:
-- Name: 0) Deployment information
-  ProductProperties:
-  - Key: deployment.type
-    Type: string
-    Value:
-    - ubuntu-small
-    - ubuntu-large
-    UserConfigurable: false
+# - Name: 0) Deployment information
+#   ProductProperties:
+#   - Key: deployment.type
+#     Type: string
+#     Value:
+#     - small
+#     - large
+#     UserConfigurable: false
 - Name: 1) Operating System
   ProductProperties:
   - Key: guestinfo.hostname